# 一鼓作气 (yīgǔzuòqì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一鼓作气 (yīgǔzuòqì) means “in one burst of effort; in one go”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: in one burst of effort; in one go
- Pinyin: yīgǔzuòqì (yi1 gu3 zuo4 qi4)
- Traditional: 一鼓作氣
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们一鼓作气把剩下的工作做完吧。
  Wǒmen yīgǔzuòqì bǎ shèngxià de gōngzuò zuòwán ba.
  Let's finish the rest of the work in one go.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- [鼓](https://hanziro.com/word/gu-drum/) (gǔ): drum; to beat a drum
- [作](https://hanziro.com/word/zuo-write/) (zuò): to write; to compose
- [气](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-air/) (qì): air; gas

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-gu-zuo-qi-in-one-burst/

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